Affiliate Registered Nurse (Fulton, Fresno, CA)

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte•Fresno, CA

8h•$48 - $52

About The Position

The Affiliate Registered Nurse supports clinical operations at Fulton Health Center in Fresno, California. The role helps ensure non-licensed staff are qualified and maintain annual core competencies, contributes medical input to performance reviews, oversees patient triage for reproductive health and primary care, and works with the Center Manager or designee to support clinic flow and productivity goals. The nurse is also expected to demonstrate PPMM customer service standards. Duties include supporting in-clinic abortion services by preparing the recovery room and pre-operative medications, monitoring patients during sedation, assessing post-operative pain and bleeding and identifying complications, overseeing vital signs and post-operative instructions, providing post-operative medications, and maintaining emergency equipment. The nurse also provides care and education for sexual and reproductive health visits, including contraception, emergency contraception, STI screening, medication abortion support, and immunizations under approved guidelines and standardized procedures. In centralized follow-up, the nurse reviews designated laboratory reports, develops follow-up plans, refers results outside the nurse’s scope to clinicians, and ensures reports are addressed appropriately and on time. In the Response Center, the nurse provides triage and advice to reproductive health and primary care patients, assesses urgency, schedules appointments, handles queued calls, and responds to patient portal emails. This position is part-time at 0.2 FTE, with hiring pay of $48–$52.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
Current Nevada RN license.
Current BLS certificate.
Current ACLS certificate.
Current experience using a computer and mouse.
Experience using a Microsoft Windows-based program and willingness to learn new computer skills.
Willingness to work flexible hours and locations.
Strong customer service orientation.
Ability to communicate effectively.
Ability to perform the duties described in the posting.

Responsibilities

Ensure non-licensed staff are qualified to perform back-office and laboratory skills and achieve core competency levels annually.
Provide medical input for non-licensed staff performance reviews.
Oversee triage for medical problems and acute versus routine appointments for reproductive health and primary care patients.
Work with the Center Manager or designee to facilitate clinic flow and triage.
Contribute to health center productivity goals and demonstrate PPMM customer service standards.
Prepare the recovery room and pre-operative medications for in-clinic abortion services.
Assess post-operative patients for pain and bleeding control and early detection of complications.
Oversee HSS functions, including vital signs, post-operative instructions, and education about the patient-identified birth control method.
Provide intraoperative sedation medication and monitor patients.
Provide post-operative medications and keep emergency carts and equipment stocked and current.
Follow standardized procedures for hormonal contraception, emergency contraception, and STI screening visits.
Provide patient education, counseling, laboratory work, and ultrasound for medication abortions.
Provide immunizations under approved guidelines and standardized procedures, such as HPV vaccination.
Accept and sign off on GC/CT, Pap, and other designated laboratory reports from the clinician’s PAQ.
Evaluate laboratory reports and develop follow-up plans; refer results outside the scope of the Centralized Follow-Up RN to health center clinicians.
Ensure laboratory reports are handled appropriately and within the appropriate time frame.
Provide advice and triage to reproductive health and primary care patients, identify medical urgency, and schedule health center appointments.
Answer calls placed in the Response Center queue according to the Triage Policy.
Respond to patient emails through the Patient Portal in HER.